Monday, April 19, 2010

Lettuce Munchers ~ Outdoor Challenge Day 14

picking lettuce

Nothing beats munching on a big leaf of lettuce fresh from the greenhouse :)

picking lettuce

We walked up to my moms and raided her greenhouse *grin*. She always has a patch of lettuce growing year round for salads and plate garnish...

picking lettuce

But today we weren't the only ones munching on the lettuce! As we checked the leaves we picked for baby slugs and other creepy critters that might be hanging out in the lettuce patch, we discovered a bunch of baby aphids. I don't think they would harm us if one of the kids had accidentally ate one but I definitely had to be quick to get my hands on M's leaf before he popped it straight into his mouth LOL. Thankfully everyone's lettuce was clean and they were able to munch away like bunnies :)

Do you have photos of your children enjoying the outdoors? Visit The Great Outdoors Challenge to join in the fun and you can also visit other participants and see what sort of nature fun they have been having by clicking on the names below :)

~ Rosina

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6 comments:

MamaWestWind said...

Mmmm, looks good. I blogged about gardening as well. But we are right at the very beginning.

5orangepotatoes said...

linking you tonight. love the pics and aphid a la carte.

lisa

angelina said...

nice leaves!
happy gardening =)
we are pulling up our summer crop: and getting ready for fall ones.
angelina

Crescent Moon said...

The lettuce looks wonderful, except for the little bugs.

Bran said...

That first photo is awesome!

Anonymous said...

I love the photos! I'm thinking lady bugs would like your lettuce. =) Fresh lettuce does sound good.